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Self and Social Skills for January

January's theme is Communication.
Students sometimes struggle with interpreting social ques or communicating effectively themselves. We will be exploring body language and verbal, non-verbal, and listening communication.

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Start Planning Now for the 2019 Jeffco Writing
Challenge!
*First place winners in each grade will win $100
*Second place winners will win a $25 Gift Card from Tattered Cover
*Third place winners will win a $15 Gift Card from Tattered Cover
The schools with the highest percentage of entries will also be winners:
*1ST Place School Wins a $500.00 CASH PRIZE!
*2ND Place School Wins a $300.00 CASH PRIZE!
*3RD Place School Wins a $200.00 CASH PRIZE!

This year’s K-8 Prompt:
If you could invent a machine that did anything,
what kind of machine would you invent and why?
In 500 words or less, share your thinking.
Your written submission can be persuasive or creative, prose or poetry,
and will be judged on the quality of writing, not on position or viewpoint.

The Jeffco Writing Challenge is open to all Jefferson County School students in K-12.
Poetry, short stories, non-fiction or dramas are all welcome.
Deadline for submissions is February 28. 2019
Please no paired grades submitted together. Each writer must do their own work!
To submit your entry, fill out the Entry Form/Permission Slip at https://goo.gl/WivGCA
Then, 1) send a printed copy of your story and
2) attach a copy of the permission slip/entry form completed online to:
ENC-JWC
Your child’s grade number
P.O. Box 688
Golden, CO 80402

Jeffco’s Online GT Academy will provide a range of options for gifted students to be able to equitably access enriched/accelerated content with a cohort of like-minded learners. These courses will be taught by GT-endorsed and trained teachers and are only available for identified GT students who are seeking accelerated courses but may not be able to access them due to scheduling issues, transportation concerns, or other barriers.

We will offer classes in the following subjects in 2018-19:

Seventh-grade GT ELA

Seventh/eighth-grade GT Math (Pre-Algebra)

Seventh-grade GT Social Studies Seventh-grade ‘GT’ Science

Courses will be open to all qualified and approved Jeffco students currently on an Advanced Learning Plan (ALP). Students will need to have an eligibility form completed and approved by their home school’s counselor or administrator. No students will be enrolled without the knowledge and approval of their home school.

Affective Goals
Every year, all students write an Affective Goal to go along with their Academic, or SMART goal. Affective goals refer to personal growth that students would like to implement in their lives. The options for Affective Goals are limitless. For some students this may be that they want to work on coming to class with a positive attitude every day, completing and handing in assignments on time, adopting a growth mindset, learning to better appreciate others, or to develop positive relationships with others and many many more. Affective goals help us meet the developmental needs of the whole child.

It’s important to address gifted students’ needs so that they can be successful as individuals in the world and here in school. Every GT student will create​ an Affective Goal this year, ask your child about theirs!

Mrs. Puckett
M.Ed.

Every month I host afternoon groups that explore some of the most common affective needs of gifted students. In small groups we discuss the harder side of being a GT student and come up with positive and healthy ways in dealing with some of these difficulties. Below is the schedule for 2018-19. Every child in grades 2-5 are scheduled to meet with me once a month.